Big game rule books out this week
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April 23, 2013 |
The 2013 Idaho Big Game Seasons and Rules
brochures are back from the printer and are
being distributed. They should be available at
license vendors and Fish and Game offices in
most locations later this week.
This year, deer hunters will have a new archery
controlled hunt in Unit 45, more either-sex
controlled hunt tags in Upper Snake Region, and
new antlered deer controlled hunts in units 21,
28, 30, 36A and 36B.
Elk hunters will see a net increase of more than
2,000 controlled hunt tags around the state in
response to population increases in some units.
A new cap on Bear River Zone B tags means 20
percent fewer tags there this year. A general
season A-tag muzzleloader hunt has been added in
Pioneer Zone units 36A and 50.
Two pronghorn youth hunts have been added in
units 39 and 54, and the archery hunt in Area 68
has been split into two hunts.
The Unit 1 archery-only black bear hunt has been
converted to any-weapon and will open two weeks
earlier. Bear hunters are urged to check out the
bear identification training program on the Fish
and Game website at
http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/public/education/bearIdentification.
Mountain lion seasons in the Panhandle Region
are longer.
Gray wolf hunting seasons are longer on private
land in the Panhandle, and in the Middle Fork,
Beaverhead and Island Park wolf management
zones, and in that portion of Unit 16 north of
the Selway River.
New wolf trapping seasons have been added in
parts of units 2, 3, 13, 18, and 22, and
trapping seasons in the Salmon and Island Park
zones.
A few notes on errors:
Notes are missing from two elk hunts on page 58.
Muzzleloader-only elk hunt 2161 should read
antlerless only; and hunt 2164 should read
antlered only.
On Page 11, What's New? includes an incorrect
date for deer. The last bullet point should read
"New October 10 - November 30 controlled buck
hunts in units 21, 28, 30, 36A and 36B."
Hunting passport information on Page 115 is
incorrect. It should read: Anyone who has
previously held a hunting license in any state
is not eligible. Anyone who has completed a
hunter safety class but has not held a hunting
license is still eligible.
Big Game Seasons and Rules are also available
online at
http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/public/hunt/rules/?getPage=63. |
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